CH. 14: COMBINING FORMS Flashcards
1
Q
carp/o
A
carpals (wrist)
2
Q
clavicul/o
A
clavicle (collarbone)
3
Q
cost/o
A
rib
4
Q
crani/o
A
cranium (skull)
5
Q
femor/o
A
femur (upper leg bone)
6
Q
fibul/o
A
fibula
7
Q
humer/o
A
humerus
8
Q
ili/o
A
ilium
9
Q
ischi/o
A
ischium
10
Q
lumb/o
A
loin, lumbar region of the spine
11
Q
mandibul/o
A
mandible
12
Q
maxill/o
A
maxilla
13
Q
myel/o
A
bone marrow
14
Q
oste/o
A
bone
15
Q
patell/o
A
patella
16
Q
pelv/i
A
pelvis, pelvic cavity
17
Q
phalang/o
A
phalanx (pl. phalanges)
18
Q
pub/o
A
pubis
19
Q
rachi/o
A
vertebra (pl. vertebrae), spine, vertebral column
20
Q
radi/o
A
radius
21
Q
sacr/o
A
sacrum
22
Q
scapul/o
A
scapula
23
Q
spondyl/o
A
vertebra, spine, vertebral column
24
Q
stern/o
A
sternum
25
tars/o
tarsals
26
tibi/o
tibia
27
uln/o
ulna
28
vertebr/o
vertebra, spine, vertebral column
29
arthr/o
joint
30
burs/o
bursa (cavity)
31
chondr/o
cartilage
32
disc/o
intervertebral disk
33
fasci/o
fascia (connective tissue enclosing and separating muscle layers)
34
lamin/o
lamina (thin, flat plate or layer)
35
menisc/o
meniscus
36
my/o
muscle
37
myos/o
muscle
38
synovi/o
synovia, synovial membrane
39
tendin/o
tendon
40
ten/o
tendon
41
ankyl/o
stiff, bent
42
electr/o
electricity, electrical activity
43
hem/o
blood
44
kinesi/o
movement, motion
45
kyph/o
hump (increased convexity of the spine)
46
lord/o
bent forward (increased concavity of the spine)
47
necr/o
death (cells, body)
48
rhabd/o
rod-shaped, striated
49
petr/o
stone
50
sarc/o
flesh, connective tissue
51
scoli/o
(lateral) curved (spine)
